Location | 2500 Clement Boulevard Hickory, North Carolina, US |
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Coordinates | 35°44′57″N81°22′43″W / 35.74917°N 81.37861°W |
Owner | Hickory Baseball, Inc. |
Operator | Hickory Baseball, Inc. |
Capacity | 5,062 (4,000 fixed seats) |
Record attendance | 5,283 |
Field size | Left Field: 330 feet (100 m) Center Field: 401 feet (122 m) Right Field: 330 feet (100 m) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | September 21, 1992 [1] |
Opened | April 16, 1993 [2] |
Construction cost | $4.5 million ($9.12 million in 2022 dollars [3] ) |
Architect | Lescher and Mahoney CBSA Architects, Inc. |
Services engineer | Brittain Engineering, Inc. [4] |
General contractor | Wayne Brothers, Inc. [5] |
Tenants | |
Hickory Crawdads (SAL) 1993–present Catawba Valley Stars (GSL/CVCL) 2009–present |
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